That is a patriot, and when we are loyal to that spirit we win a true place on the honour list.
The man of highest honour is the one who serves his country for his love of her, and stands up against every foe that threatens her.
And you girls and boys can have a name on the honour list of your city. You do not need to die in battle to be an honour to your country. Sometimes it is as much an honour just to live for her.
In your private life, as a girl or boy, be and do your best; and in your outward life, stand always for the right and the true, and you, too, will be a defender of your country.
3. Then finally, I thought of the unassuming way in which it was all done. That is the case with all our best men.
A wounded soldier once after an operation, suffering agonies, told me it made him sick to have people come and slobber over him their sympathy. He did not want that. There is hardly a veteran who can be got to tell what he did. He just did it and let it go at that.
When one of the ships in a battle was so sorely battered that it was seen she must sink and be lost, the noble captain said, "Keep cool, men. Be British!"
Just doing your duty, without noise or parade; whether applauded or not; whether known or not; whether in public or obscure places—that is all.
When I left the harbour and turned my back on the old warrior vessel, the setting sun, that shines in such glorious colourings on the Pacific, bathed the gray ironclad in an outline of glory, and I saw the H.M.S. in new meanings, which I give to you.
Humility—Manhood—Service.